by Margaret Gelling, based on material collected by Doris Mary Stenton.
The boundaries of this county were greatly modified in the reorganization of local government. In 1974, a substantial area of Berkshire was transferred to Oxfordshire, including Abingdon, Faringdon, East & West Hendred, Wallingford, and Wantage. Information on these places must be sought in the Berkshire volumes.
Part 1 (vol. 23): The City of Oxford and the Hundreds of Langree, Binfield, Pyton, Lewknor, Thame, Dorchester, Bullingdon, and Ploughley
First published 1953. Also includes Introduction (with sections on geology and settlement by W. J. Arkell), Bibliography, notes on the dialect, road and river names.
ISBN: 0 521049 16 4. i–liii, 1–244 pp.
Part 2 (vol. 24): The Hundreds of Wootton, Bampton, Chadlington, Bloxham, and Banbury
First published 1954. Also includes glossaries, appendix on charter boundaries; 2 maps (hundreds & parishes, and geology) bound in.
ISBN: 0 521049 17 2. 245–517 pp.
